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5 days post op and support at home sucks - Just need to vent. Husband is 44 and step daughteris 17. So tell me why I am the only one who has washed dishes or wiped a counter since Friday?! And why cant a grown man fix a dec...

surgery this past friday. - Discharged Sunday morning just after 10. Working on liquids. Seems like I could sip all day and not get enough. But no nausea or bad pain. Just low energy. It still seems so bizarr...

day after surgery...hematuria - So I couldn't pee on my own last night so I had a Foley in overnight. First time ever for me. I got it out around 10 today and just now peed on my own and have bright bleeding. I f...

surgery in the morning! - Hubby and I are snug in our hotel room. Alarms are set (3 of them!!!! LOL) and nothing to do but wait. I am so ready!

like an expectant mother! - Okay so I was childless by choice for most of my life until I met my second husband and became a full time mom to a then 12 year old. But, I can only imagine that waiting for my su...

NOT an NSV !!! - Okay, so I am pre-op and have lost 30-ish lbs during the approval process. I have my surgery Oct 11th. BUT, I got to work today and looked down and my diamond wedding band w...

My husband is being a complete and total asshole t - I mean really, who pissed in your cornflakes this morning?  Sweaty wet ball cap on my kitchen counter where I have had at least 100 times asked you to not dump your shit and I s...

Surgery date October 11!!!! - I am finally scheduled and finances are in order. Yay!!!!!!!!! I was asked today if I am nervous and I said no. I am so stoked!!!

Approved Finally! - Well, before I took my lunch break today I checked the BCBS website and it still said "awaiting review". by the time I got back to my desk and pulled the website back up, it sho...

BCBS is taking forever to decide! - Okay, so that's a little dramatic. Not forever, so far just 6 days with it "awaiting review" per the website.  This is making me a tad bit crazy in the head...LOL I check that w...

waiting for insurance approval! - So all my paperwork has been turned in. My coordinator lives in another part of the state but I stood there and saw the doctor sign off and for the local lady fax it to the coordin...

i can do it without surgery,right? - Okay so I love my friends and know they love me. I know I lost 34 lbs "on my own" without surgery. BUT if I hear them say I don't need surgery one more time I might melt down.LOL ...

pre-op NSV and SV today! - So I am one of those that insurance requires to lose 10% of their starting weight before you can even submit to insurance for approval. Today my regular family Dr completed all the...

how long in hospital? - So while I know everyone is different and surgeons have different protocols etc... if you had zero complications, how long were you at the hospital. My friend was sleeved by the sa...

1st goal met! - I am one of those people who have to lose 10% of their initial weight to even be able to submit for insurance approval. And today was the day I stepped on the scale and I am at tha...

An intro to me - Well, I have posted twice and finally sat down at a real computer (I usually use my kindle fire) to set up my profile with pictures and all. I even did the blog post for my litt...

About Me - Just a quick post about me for those who decide they want to look for it. LOL My highest weight is about 306, but I count down from my last visit with my primary care dr. in Feb...